What Eats Pepper in Quebec, and When

A mature orange bell pepper grows on a healthy plant with green foliage in a vegetable garden.

In a Quebec pepper bed, the weather does more damage than any bug. Fruit set fails at two ends: days above 32 °C and nights below 55 °F (about 13 °C).

What Eats Onion in Vermont, and When

Freshly harvested golden onions with dried stems arranged on dark garden soil in a raised bed, with green foliage and blue sky visible in the background.

Three things eat onions in Vermont, and they show up in order: onion maggots in spring, thrips through the dry stretches of summer, and storage rot from…

When to Plant Sweet Potatoes in Nevada

A young potato plant with visible roots and emerging leaves growing from dark soil, with a row cover visible in a cultivated garden setting.

Nevada has no single planting date for sweet potatoes. The only frost dates this page carries come from the Las Vegas airport, and they describe a desert…